taxes

Congress pressed to pass Wall Street “Robin Hood tax”

October 30, 2013 By John Wojcik

"With the financial transaction tax we can raise the revenue we need and discourage excessive speculation on Wall Street."

Right wing rebuked in Missouri

September 20, 2013 By Tony Pecinovsky

Right-wing Republicans in the Missouri legislature and their main financial supporter, libertarian billionaire Rex Sinquefield, suffered a stinging defeat.

Robin Hood Tax protests coming to NYC on Sept. 17

September 13, 2013 By Libero Della Piana

Robin Hood and his merry men and women are demanding a tax on the 1 percent next week on the second anniversary of Occupy Wall Street.

Stand up for Cincinnati

September 4, 2013 By Bruce Bostick

What do you call a proposal that breaks promises to city workers, destroys their family's hard-earned retirement security, lowers the city's tax base and harms our fragile economy?

Big business behind Rick Perry’s push in Missouri

August 28, 2013 By Tony Pecinovsky

Rick Perry, the right-wing Republican governor of Texas, is running TV and radio ads - backed by the Missouri Chamber of Commerce - attacking the Democratic governor of Missouri, Jay Nixon.